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Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. And here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

It is Day three for the Democrats¹ in Denver. Last night, former President Bill Clinton watched from the Convention Hall as his wife addressed delegates. This evening, he will be at the podium. Today's topic is national security, but Senator Obama says the former president is free to talk about anything he wants. Clinton is not planning to attend Obama's acceptance speech tomorrow night.

Senator Joe Biden will accept the vice² presidential nomination³ tonight. Senators Evan Bayh, Harry⁴ Reid and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will address the Convention today.

Tropical Storm Gustav's torrential rains triggered serious flooding and landslides⁵ that have killed 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Forecasters expect Gustav to pick up speed, possibly becoming a Category Three hurricane in the Gulf⁶ of Mexico this weekend. And that could mean a threat to the Gulf Coast states next week.

The US military is handing over security control of Anbar province, once the heart of the Sunni insurgency⁷ in Iraq. A senior US military official tells CNN, Iraqi forces will take over Anbar on Monday. Some 25, 000 US troops are based there.

The hijacking⁸ of a jetliner from Sudan is over. Libyan officials say the two hijackers surrendered after releasing all 93 people on board. The plane was seized yesterday after taking off from the Darfur region bound for Khartoum. It landed at a desert town in southeastern Libya. The pilot says the hijackers were from a Darfur rebel group, but the group denied the hijackers were members.

Things are back to normal at airports across the country today. Thousands of travelers were stuck in planes and airports yesterday, all because of a computer glitch⁹. The breakdown¹⁰ started when an FAA facility near Atlanta had problems processing flight plan information. The FAA says no one was in danger. Homeland Security says the problem doesn't appear to be terror-related. The investigation¹¹ into what caused the problem is ongoing¹².

Well, those are the headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
参考例句：
John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。 Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 harry
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。 Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )；（山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌；滑坡；（竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句：
Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。 The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

6 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

7 insurgency
n.起义；暴动；叛变
参考例句：
And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。来自互联网 Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。来自互联网

8 hijacking
n. 劫持, 抢劫动词hijack的现在分词形式
参考例句：
I have been told about the hijacking . 我已听说了那次劫机事件。来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语 They are taking measures to guarantee against the occurrence of hijacking. 他们正采取措施防止劫机事件的发生。

9 glitch
n.干扰；误操作，小故障
参考例句：
There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。 It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。

10 breakdown
n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌
参考例句：
She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。 The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

11 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 ongoing
adj.进行中的，前进的
参考例句：
The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。 The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。